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ZF PAM127

4chibis

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Polonus posted a YouTube video, would a ZF 127 owner please do the same and we cold have a great video comparison!!!!!!
 

omgGenPAMfapfap

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Just saw the mistake lol ,, Kilo seeing the kw 127 video from Polonius makes me second guess this decision, do you have the zf 127 to video perhaps!?

What decision are you second guessing? Were you originally leaning towards the ZF and now thinking about going with KW after seeing the Polonius videos? Because if you are I can totally relate!
 

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...do you have the zf 127 to video perhaps!?

I only have a noob 127. With Polonus we will try to take some pics from the same angles in order to compare noob and KW. If a ZF owner wants to join the party he is more than welcome :)
I don't think I will add a video though, I haven't figured out how to upload and post it yet... :doh:
 

Kramer

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Sorry to not read the whole thread but is either new zf or v6 better than the old Noob? Noob on malio fiddy is a great combination.
[MENTION=100328]Lindt[/MENTION]. Awesome set of wheels.
 

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Seems like everyone is looking for almost no distortion... I think the distortion is what makes the fiddy special. Happy with my zf
 

NickOT

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In my opinion V6 it's better than old Noob or ZF.
Here is comparsion between Noob and KW:
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/245123-Quick-amp-Dirty-KW-PAM-127-comments
Well thank you for the compliment you are welcome.

IMO they are on par, all have different strengths and weaknesses. No obvious winner, so all down to what flaws each person can live with.
Seems like everyone is looking for almost no distortion... I think the distortion is what makes the fiddy special. Happy with my zf
+1 exactly the point I wanted to make also! The gens where know to have distortion and one of the unique points which add up to make the 127 THE fiddy.
 

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Seems like everyone is looking for almost no distortion... I think the distortion is what makes the fiddy special. Happy with my zf

After looking at the review of the KW I will keep my ZF. TBH the differences are minute and ZF are better in some areas and KW are better in others. There is always bias on those reviews anyway because the person that reviews actually owns that particular model. I can see issues with KW after that review quite clearly and the ZF also has those flaws as well. But overall both are very very good. In real life you wont be able to tell either apart without 100x zoom shots anyways
 

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I agree ZF looks good as well, nothing wrong with this version as far as I can tell.
Maybe either [MENTION=39255]peterpl[/MENTION] or [MENTION=94804]Superman76[/MENTION] can try and take some clear shots of your ZF from the same angles as my noob and Polonus KW? I think it would be very interesting to have a complete comparison :)
 

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After looking at the review of the KW I will keep my ZF. TBH the differences are minute and ZF are better in some areas and KW are better in others. There is always bias on those reviews anyway because the person that reviews actually owns that particular model. I can see issues with KW after that review quite clearly and the ZF also has those flaws as well. But overall both are very very good. In real life you wont be able to tell either apart without 100x zoom shots anyways

Hit the nail on the head here.
 

omgGenPAMfapfap

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Check out the distortion on this gen... right at the beginning of the video:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/vide...mozilla-003&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla&tt=b

Yep many of the earlier gens seem to have crystal distortion, but that doesn't make it aesthetically pleasing or acceptable. The reason later gens don't have as much distortion was most likely because Panerai saw this as an aesthetic flaw and sought to improve it. Thus, crystal distortion may not be a factor in "gen-accuracy" necessarily, but it's still an eye-sore nonetheless.
 

Superman76

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OK... to each their own. But I think the distortion looks cool and sets it apart from other Luminors.

Yep many of the earlier gens seem to have crystal distortion, but that doesn't make it aesthetically pleasing or acceptable. The reason later gens don't have as much distortion was most likely because Panerai saw this as an aesthetic flaw and sought to improve it. Thus, crystal distortion may not be a factor in "gen-accuracy" necessarily, but it's still an eye-sore nonetheless.
 

svshawn

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OK... to each their own. But I think the distortion looks cool and sets it apart from other Luminors.

Totally agree. That's what makes this watch and distortion is only at certain angles. I've yet to turn my wrist to look at the time to get that distortion to say I can't deal with it.
 

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Glad you guys still loving the PAM127. I still love my ZF127 and I actually get alot of compliments on it but I think I am a IWC/AP/Hublot kind of guy. I prefer my 622 and 569 over any model 127 actually. Those concerned with accuracy those two models are much much more accurate than the PAM127s currently available to us from any maker.